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Photos of the DayEPIRB Owner IdentifiedNovember 28 - Oahu Yesterday we asked who owns the EPIRB in the accompanying photograph.  Steve Shepard of the Islander 34 'Little Wing' was the first to guess that it belongs to Ken 'the General' Roper of the Finn Flyer 31 Harrier, a boat that Ken has often singlehanded to Hawaii and Mexico. Unfortunately, that was the wrong answer. The first response we got came from Nick Gibbens, and it was correct: The EPIRB belongs to Jonathan 'Bird' Livingston of the Wylie 39, 'Punk Dolphin'. The giveaway, of course, was Livingston's signature cartoon character on the EPIRB. |
Why here's a photo of Livingston now, which was taken shortly after 'Punk Dolphin' had taken honors in last summer's West Marine Pacific Cup. |
November 28 - Pacific and Atlantic Oceans
The Atlantic/Caribbean region hurricane season is almost over, and it looks as though there will not be any more tropical storms or hurricanes.
To see what the winds are like on the Bay and just outside the Gate right now, check out http://sfports.wr.usgs.gov/wind/.
Looking for current as well as recent wind and sea readings from 17 buoys and stations between Pt. Arena and the Mexican border? Here's the place - which has further links to weather buoys and stations all over the U.S.: www.ndbc.noaa.gov/stuff/southwest/swstmap.shtml.
You can view the University of Hawaii Department of Meteorology satellite picture by clicking here.
Seas are normal in the Pacific. But you might check at: http://www.mpc.ncep.noaa.gov/RSSA/PacRegSSA.html.
For another view, see http://www.oceanweather.com/data/global.html.
November 28 - Atlantic Ocean
| While we're waiting for the latest update from
the Atlantic Rally for Cruisers - the 215 boat fleet rallying
2,700 miles from Las Palmas in the lovely Canary Islands to St.
Lucia in the lovely Caribbean - we thought we'd give you a rundown
of the American entries in the fleet: 'Beltraned', Steven Hannon's Hallberg-Rassy 39; 'Chippewa', Clay Deutsche's Swan 68; 'Cygnet', Richard Sylvanovich's Swan 44; 'Gryphon', Robert Wingate's Outremer 55 catamaran; 'Illusion', Paul Borstein's Hallberg-Rassy 39; 'Lady Di', Brad & Dianne Smith's Cape Dory 38; 'Loblolly', Mark Upham's Alden 44; 'Perseverance', Tom Puett's Swan 56; 'Raven', Jim Garges' Northwind 55; 'Redwings', Aaron Henderson & Colleen Duggan's Peterson 46; 'Runaway', Dick and Claire Kanter's Nicholson 47.6; 'Saucy', Fred Kent's Amel 48; 'Scallywag', Amy & Bob Green's Alden 44; 'Scott Free', Oreon Scott's Hallberg-Rassy 53; 'Sea Fever', John Thorpe's Sundeer 60; 'Silver Lining', Robert Silverthon's Amel 48; 'Stampede', Stuart & Julie Conway's Holland 55; and 'Wind Dancer', Jim Conner's Swan 48. We regret we don't have homeports for the boats listed. By our count, that's 18 boats. We're unsure, however, if all started. For a complete rundown of this year's ARC fleet - and it's very interesting to see what boats people are using for 2,700 mile ocean passages - visit www.worldcruising.com/arc/entries.html. |
 The start of the 2,700 mile rally  Little pirates and Arabian dancers posed in front of the Save the Children banner at the Fancy Dress Party, which raised Ptas. 87,000 (we're not sure what that comes to in dollars!) |
November 28 - Alameda
| What's happening with that old 'Moonduster' crew?
Two years ago, Wayne Meretsky took his S&S 43 Moonduster
in the Ha-Ha. His three-man crew consisted of Harbormaster Alan
Weaver, Pacific Seacraft dealer Adam Sadeg, and then UK sailmaker
Chris Maher. According to the latest dock talk, they'll all be
doing the next Ha-Ha - but most of them on their own boats. Meretsky, who did the Ha-Ha this year with us aboard 'Profligate', has said he hopes to take 'Moonduster' again next year. Sadeg bought the Morgan 38 'Blarney3', which Maher had previously owned and sailed in two Ha-Has. But Maher won't be going with him because he recently went to Puerto Rico and picked up a Beneteau 44, which he plans to play with in the Caribbean and Florida - before trucking her back to California for the start of the next Ha-Ha. That leaves Alan Weaver with lots of boats on which he might crew - including the 70-foot catamaran 'Humu-Humu', on which he did the most recent Ha-Ha. |
 The Lovely Moonduster |
November 28 - New Zealand
Tom and Bonnie of the Incline Village-based Amel Mango 'Toujours'
are now in Gulf Harbor, New Zealand. To summarize their Changes
that will appear in the next Latitude
38, both Raiatea Carenage and Raiatea Marina were packed with
hauled boats for the last cyclone season. "The two yards
are next to each other and both are professionally run. None of
the more than 30 boats that were hauled last year had any kind
of problem," the couple report. "Unfortunately, the
same couldn't be said for the weather during the southern part
of the run from French Polynesia to New Zealand. "The weather
was awful." Everything else was great, however, but not as
great as New Zealand, which the couple say words aren't capable
of describing.
If you're reading this, Tom and Bonnie, your hotmail email address
is not working for us.
November 28 - The Pacific Ocean and Cyberspace
Who is out making passages in the Pacific and what kind of weather are they having? Check out YOTREPS - 'yacht reports' - at http://www.bitwrangler.com/yotreps/
November 28 - New York
The odd couple of the America's Cup, Dennis Conner and the New York YC, have managed to find at least a partial sugar daddy for the next America's Cup. He's Charles Wang, chairman of Computer Associates, who already owns a hockey team, an arena football team and has the Computer Associates logo on a top Formula One race car. It's expected that a competitive America's Cup effort will require $30 to $100 million, but there's no word as to how much Wang is putting in.
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